For this week's food challenge I decided to do something a bit different and just wing it, throwing together different ingredients that were just lying around together sans recipe! I had some cabbage and broccoli that needed to be used up as well as a half full packet of soba noodles that had been in …

I find it slightly amusing to look through my instagram and see just how many of my recipes contain bananas, be they smoothies or pancakes, since I absolutely loathed them until recently. It therefore surprises me that a) I decided to make banana bread and b) that I actually enjoyed it! I used a recipe …

Earlier this week I found myself with a massive craving for Mexican food and I thought, why not try and incorporate this into this week's food challenge? I looked online to get some inspiration and meal ideas, and came across the vegetarian times's recipe for Sweet Potato Quesidillas. Quesadilla has always been a favourite meal …

I mentioned briefly in my resolutions and wishes blog post that I wanted to be more mindful this year about what exactly was in my food and try to eat better generally. This has, occasionally, proved to be a challenge but I wanted to share with you my advice on how to eat well without breaking the …

I've been trying to clear through some of the older stuff in my kitchen cupboards and came across a half finished bag of quinoa that had been in there for months. I figured that now was as good a time as any to cook it, so I went searching for a recipe in one of …

It's not escaped me that most of my popular posts on Instagram have been pictures of pancakes, and after the popularity of this recent pancake post I thought it was about time I shared my pancake recipe! https://www.instagram.com/p/BDQDdooDu4b/ My recipe is one adapted from a site called almondsandavocados.com which unfortunately is unavailable at the moment. Originally I …

Since I can't run at the moment, I thought I'd investigate some other activities I could take part in as I've missed being active. A few people had mentioned to me that I ought to consider trying yoga or pilates to help with strengthening my body both for running and drama school, but not having done …